I AM so pleased to hear that Okehampton is at last moving with the times and that a new supermarket is to be built, but can't help thinking that it is being built on the wrong site.

However, there is no stopping that now, but with the gain of a new supermarket does this mean that once again the young people of Okehampton lose out on even more of the few things left to entertain them?

Where will the funfair go twice a year when it visits our town or is this just another excuse to end something that has been happening for decades?

I feel that the town council needs to address this problem and fast. A new site needs to be found and soon before the town's young people lose out again and let's hope that the funfair remains and is even bigger (not smaller). After all there are thousands of young people that use this service.

Richard Evans

Westcott

Prospect Hill

Okehampton

I HAVE no wish to go over old ground but there is one unpalatable consequence that the inhabitants of Okehampton have to face as a result of opting for a supermarket without its own filling station.

Look at the price of petrol in Okehampton and compare it with Tavistock or Launceston. Both with supermarkets that do have petrol filling stations and then look at the price in Okehampton. I calculate that every time motorists fill up at a petrol station in Okehampton we are paying somewhere around a 50p surcharge for our petrol because there is no supermarket in the town providing competition.

To an area that is so reliant on the car this is a very high price to pay indeed for the privilege of a Waitrose and this together with the free parking in other supermarkets, provides a strong incentive for customers to go elsewhere.

What is West Devon Borough Council going to do to bring the price of petrol down in Okehampton?

Richard Leonard

Menfreya

Thorndon Cross

WHAT an appalling decision the town council are making to close the toilets in the car park in Market Street while the new supermarket is being built.

Do they honestly think visitors or shoppers (whether local or from further afield) are going to walk up to Paradise Gardens, should they need toilet facilities.

I hope it is not too late for the council to make satisfactory alternate arrangements on this rather delicate subject.

Clarice K Marks

Becketts Mead

Okehampton